Updated: Officers Involved In Traffic Stop Death Identified

When the two officers confronted the car's occupant, police say 44-year-old Tyrone West, a struggle started. (Photo courtesy of WBAL-TV)

Baltimore Police are asking for the publicÆs their investigation involving the death of a man who died while in their custody after a traffic stop. (Photo courtesy of WBAL-TV)

The identities of eight Baltimore Police officers involved in the death of a man in police custody have been released.

The list was released late Saturday night.

The officers involved are:

Jorge Omar Bernardez-Ruiz

Nicholas David Chapman

Matthew Rea Cioffi

Alex Ryan Hashagen

Eric Maurice Hinton

Danielle Angela Lewis

Derrick Dewayne Beasley

Latreese Nicole Lee

A ninth officer is described simply as a Morgan State officer.

Police say officers were making a traffic stop involving narcotics shortly after 7 p.m. in the 1400 block of Kitmore Road Thursday.

When the two officers confronted the car's occupant, 44-year-old Tyrone West, police say a struggle started. At some point during the struggle, West became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller reported that West served time in prison for dealing drugs and he has a record of resisting arrest. He was sentenced to a 20-year term in 2000 but was released in June 2012.

A witness of the incident told WBAL-TV: "The two police officers was on top of the man punching him in his side. They sprayed the man directly in his face. The man tries to get up to avoid that he can't see, but he knew he was being abused, so he ran. Police ran after him. He screamed for help because they started beating him with batons and everything."

It is not clear if a spray was used in the incident, or even what that spray may have been.

Police have yet to confirm that any spray was used.

"Some time after taking him into custody, the officers became aware that the individual was in what they believed was medical distress. They immediately began life-saving measures and requested the response of the ambulance," Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez said.

He further said the department was committed to figuring out what happened: "We, the members of the law enforcement community, and we, the commissioner and myself, take the loss of any life very seriously. We are going to do everything to make sure we investigate this and look at what occurred.ö

Police say they are asking for anyone with information on this incident or who may have recorded it on their cellphone to come forward in order to to help them with this case.